Food alert: Double Cream recall

[Ambersilva]

The Food Standards Agency has issued alerts for recalls on four brands of Double Cream due to low levels of Listeria monocytogenes found in the products.

Aldi recalls McCallums Scottish Double Cream
Iceland recalls Double Cream
Müller Wiseman Dairies pasteurised Double Cream
Sainsbury's recalls SO Organic British Double

http://www.food.gov.uk/news-updates/news/food-alerts?keyword=double+cream

 

[rosserk]

Oh my goodness I bought a tub of double cream from Aldi yesterday to make a cheesecake and I had to throw it away! It went really funny when I put it in the food mixer and had a funny smell! I thought I'd over blended it but I've never made a mistake before and kept saying I have no idea what happened I must have done something wrong! Maybe that explains it..

 

[catherinecherub]

Am bumping this up.

 

[noblehead]

Is there not a way for the moderators to make this more prominent than just "bumping it up"?

It's been made a 'sticky' for the time-being.

 

[catherinecherub]

I hope that members have read this.

 

[lizdeluz]

Thanks, have taken note, do shop for cream at Sainsbury's but not this brand I think. Current cream is behaving ok.

 

[Bluetit1802]

I use Sainsburys British Double Cream, pasteurised but not organic. Hopefully mine is OK.

 

[Ambersilva]

The Food Standards Agency has issued alerts for recalls on four brands of Double Cream due to low levels of Listeria monocytogenes found in the products.

Aldi recalls McCallums Scottish Double Cream
Iceland recalls Double Cream
Müller Wiseman Dairies pasteurised Double Cream
Sainsbury's recalls SO Organic British Double

http://www.food.gov.uk/news-updates/news/food-alerts?keyword=double+cream

Listeria can cause food poisoning in people with diabetes and in pregnancy.

 

[Celeriac]

I ate some Sainsbury's organic double cream last night !!! Tasted fine.

 

[Ambersilva]

I am only conveying to members on this forum the alert that I received from the Food Standards Agency this morning. A Google search gives many hits about Listeria, the incubation period and effects etc. The paragraph pasted below from the FSA website explains why food products might be recalled.

If there is a problem with a food product that means it should not be sold, then it might be 'withdrawn' (taken off the shelves) or 'recalled' (when customers are asked to return the product). The FSA issues Product Withdrawal Information Notices and Product Recall Information Notices to let consumers and local authorities know about problems associated with food. In some cases, a 'Food Alert for Action' is issued. This provides local authorities with details of specific action to be taken on behalf of consumers. - See more at: http://www.food.gov.uk/news-updates...es-double-cream-recalled#sthash.tcOONoxA.dpuf

 

[freshlybrewed]

Thank you for posting this alert

 

[Alisonjane10]

The Food Standards Agency has issued alerts for recalls on four brands of Double Cream due to low levels of Listeria monocytogenes found in the products.

Aldi recalls McCallums Scottish Double Cream
Iceland recalls Double Cream
Müller Wiseman Dairies pasteurised Double Cream
Sainsbury's recalls SO Organic British Double

http://www.food.gov.uk/news-updates/news/food-alerts?keyword=double+cream

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I've cleared my freezer of the whipped Aldi Scottish Double cream I had. I'd rather be safe than sorry.